6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (369+ words) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday called on Goa and the other States of the Western Zonal Council to make coastal security and the fight against narcotics a priority, warning that the region must play a leading role in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (294+ words) PANAJI: Power Minister Sudin Dhavalikar said Goa’s smart-meter rollout is currently on hold but the state will eventually have to implement the mandatory system. He also said Rs 32 crore recovered from consumers has already been reimbursed and urged people to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (879+ words) Like it or not, our focus gets continually bogged down with religious and communal issues. Once again Goa appears intent on making an issue of a non-issue---religious conversions---we are forced to turn our attention to debates of how…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (354+ words) PANAJI: The Coalition for Women’s Reservation with Inclusion and Federalism has urged the Goa government to move a resolution during the upcoming Assembly session seeking immediate implementation of 33% reservation for women in the state Legislative Assembly. Addressing the press at…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (162+ words) Says govt will unveil scheme to provide aid to women seeking to become pilots Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Digambar Kamat on Saturday slammed the opposition parties for sabotaging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to provide 50 per cent reservation for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (462+ words) PANAJI: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) on Tuesday alleged political interference in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, claiming Booth Level Officers (BLOs) were being pressured to selectively delete opposition supporters while protecting allegedly bogus voters. Addressing…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (264+ words) PANAJI: The Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) has urged the South Goa Collector and District Magistrate to conduct a detailed inquiry into the collapse of a large advertising hoarding near Dabolim Airport, after a biker narrowly escaped injury…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (238+ words) Former GPCC president Amit Patkar on Friday gave the Goa government 10 days to implement the Bombay High Court’s directions on the functioning of minority educational institutions, warning of a statewide democratic agitation if it failed to act. Patkar said the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (267+ words) PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijai Sardesai on Friday said there is a general sentiment among people against an alliance with Congress, while maintaining that the alliance talks remain suspended. “There is a general sentiment that the alliance would…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (448+ words) PANAJI: The Congress on Thursday stepped up its attack on the BJP-led government, accusing the ruling party of having a nexus with drug networks, alleging that the repeated recovery of narcotics, including from jails, reflected a complete collapse of Goa's…...